'''Dachau''', [http://www.dachau.info/] is a city with about 40,000 citizens in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]] and has a history of more than 1,200 years. In former times Dachau had always been a retreat for Bavarian kings, dukes and nobility, the castle and the surrounding gardens offering a staggering view on the Alps and Munich weather permitting. Dachau became a town famous for its impressionist painters from the second half of the 19th century on. With the advent of the Nazi regime, Dachau was chosen in 1933 as site for the very first concentration camp. This has cast a pall over the rest of this small and pleasant town on the outskirts of [[Munich]]. Dachau served as a camp for political prisoners mainly and finally ended up being a staging ground to ship prisoners to Eastern death camps in [[Poland]] and elsewhere, though 32,000 people were killed at the camp itself.

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'''Dachau''', [http://www.dachau.info/] is a city with about 40,000 citizens in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]] and has a history of more than 1,200 years. In former times Dachau had always been a retreat for Bavarian kings, dukes and nobility, the castle and the surrounding gardens offering a staggering view on the Alps and Munich weather permitting. Dachau became a town famous for its impressionist painters from the second half of the 19th century on. With the advent of the Nazi regime, Dachau was chosen in 1933 as site for their very first concentration camp. This has cast a pall over the rest of this small and pleasant town on the outskirts of [[Munich]]. Dachau served as a camp for political prisoners mainly and finally ended up being a staging ground to ship prisoners to Eastern death camps in [[Poland]] and elsewhere, though 32,000 people were killed at the camp itself.

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Today Dachau has a big cultural scene as well as a still impressive picture-perfect old town and castle. The the concentration camp as a memorial to its dark history is maintained and visited by thousands every year.

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Today Dachau has a big cultural scene as well as a still impressive picture-perfect old town and castle. The concentration camp remains as a memorial to its dark history is maintained and visited by thousands every year.

[[Image:800px-Dachau-003.JPG|thumb|250px|Gates of the concentration camp (Arbeit Macht Frei meaning "work will set you free")]]

[[Image:800px-Dachau-003.JPG|thumb|250px|Gates of the concentration camp (Arbeit Macht Frei meaning "work will set you free")]]

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==Tour==

==Tour==

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*'''Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site Tour''' An officially qualified and authorized guided tour that covers the entire history of the Dachau Concentration Camp, including the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany. A memorial for the dead and a warning for the living. Runs daily from Munich except Mondays, as the site is closed. [http://www.dachautour.com/]

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*'''Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site Tour''' An officially qualified and authorized guided tour that covers the entire history of the Dachau Concentration Camp, including the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany. A memorial for the dead and a warning for the living. Runs daily from Munich except Mondays, as the site is closed. [http://www.dachautour.com/]

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==Do==

[[Image:DachauKrematorium.JPG|thumb|150px|Oven in the concentration camp's crematorium]]

[[Image:DachauKrematorium.JPG|thumb|150px|Oven in the concentration camp's crematorium]]

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*'''Dachau Concentration Camp''' (Take bus 726 from the train station towards Saubachsiedlung). The primary attraction is the concentration camp memorial site itself (KZ-Gedenkstätte in German), a sobering memorial to the Holocaust and the 32,000 who died at Dachau.,

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*'''Dachau Concentration Camp''' (Take bus 726 from the railway station towards Saubachsiedlung). The primary attraction is the concentration camp memorial site itself (KZ-Gedenkstätte in German), a sobering memorial to the Holocaust and the 32,000 who died at Dachau.

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*'''Dachau Painting Gallery''' The Dachau Painting Gallery (Dachauer Gemäldegalerie in German) has a representative permanent collection of typical landscape and genre paintings of the 19th and early 20th century. Dachau was the site of one of the most important - in terms of art history - German artist colonies at that time, which had a large impact on the development of modern art in the twentieth century. Famous painters, such as Christian Morgenstern, Carl Spitzweg, Eduard Schleich the Elder or Adolf Hölzel, Ludwig Dill and Arthur Langhammer prized the moor landscape of Dachau as an attractive motif. Special exhibitions vary.[http://www.dachauer-galerien-museen.de/],

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*'''Dachau Painting Gallery''' The Dachau Painting Gallery (Dachauer Gemäldegalerie in German) has a representative permanent collection of typical landscape and genre paintings of the 19th and early 20th century. Dachau was the site of one of the most important - in terms of art history - German artist colonies at that time, which had a large impact on the development of modern art in the twentieth century. Famous painters, such as Christian Morgenstern, Carl Spitzweg, Eduard Schleich the Elder or Adolf Hölzel, Ludwig Dill and Arthur Langhammer prized the moor landscape of Dachau as an attractive motif. Special exhibitions vary.[http://www.dachauer-galerien-museen.de/]

*'''District Museum of Dachau ''' The District Museum (Bezirksmuseum in German), which received the Bavarian Museum Award in 1993, reflects the cultural history of the town of Dachau and the surrounding county. On three floors you find numerous impressive exhibits illustrating settlement forms and town history, guild and market law, crafts and trade, everyday life and festive traditions, religious folklore and much more. Special exhibitions deal with various aspects of cultural history.

*'''District Museum of Dachau ''' The District Museum (Bezirksmuseum in German), which received the Bavarian Museum Award in 1993, reflects the cultural history of the town of Dachau and the surrounding county. On three floors you find numerous impressive exhibits illustrating settlement forms and town history, guild and market law, crafts and trade, everyday life and festive traditions, religious folklore and much more. Special exhibitions deal with various aspects of cultural history.

Revision as of 19:13, 9 July 2007

Dachau, [1] is a city with about 40,000 citizens in Bavaria, Germany and has a history of more than 1,200 years. In former times Dachau had always been a retreat for Bavarian kings, dukes and nobility, the castle and the surrounding gardens offering a staggering view on the Alps and Munich weather permitting. Dachau became a town famous for its impressionist painters from the second half of the 19th century on. With the advent of the Nazi regime, Dachau was chosen in 1933 as site for their very first concentration camp. This has cast a pall over the rest of this small and pleasant town on the outskirts of Munich. Dachau served as a camp for political prisoners mainly and finally ended up being a staging ground to ship prisoners to Eastern death camps in Poland and elsewhere, though 32,000 people were killed at the camp itself.

Today Dachau has a big cultural scene as well as a still impressive picture-perfect old town and castle. The concentration camp remains as a memorial to its dark history is maintained and visited by thousands every year.

Gates of the concentration camp (Arbeit Macht Frei meaning "work will set you free")

Contents

Get in

Public Transportation: The S-2 from Munich runs to the center of town.

Train Regional trains run from Munich Hauptbahnhof every hour or so and take ten minutes to reach Dachau.

Get around

See

Dachau Old Town

City Hall

Dachau Castle

Castle Garden

Tour

Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site Tour An officially qualified and authorized guided tour that covers the entire history of the Dachau Concentration Camp, including the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany. A memorial for the dead and a warning for the living. Runs daily from Munich except Mondays, as the site is closed. [2]

Do

Oven in the concentration camp's crematorium

Dachau Concentration Camp (Take bus 726 from the railway station towards Saubachsiedlung). The primary attraction is the concentration camp memorial site itself (KZ-Gedenkstätte in German), a sobering memorial to the Holocaust and the 32,000 who died at Dachau.

Dachau Painting Gallery The Dachau Painting Gallery (Dachauer Gemäldegalerie in German) has a representative permanent collection of typical landscape and genre paintings of the 19th and early 20th century. Dachau was the site of one of the most important - in terms of art history - German artist colonies at that time, which had a large impact on the development of modern art in the twentieth century. Famous painters, such as Christian Morgenstern, Carl Spitzweg, Eduard Schleich the Elder or Adolf Hölzel, Ludwig Dill and Arthur Langhammer prized the moor landscape of Dachau as an attractive motif. Special exhibitions vary.[3]

District Museum of Dachau The District Museum (Bezirksmuseum in German), which received the Bavarian Museum Award in 1993, reflects the cultural history of the town of Dachau and the surrounding county. On three floors you find numerous impressive exhibits illustrating settlement forms and town history, guild and market law, crafts and trade, everyday life and festive traditions, religious folklore and much more. Special exhibitions deal with various aspects of cultural history.